Financing the Energy Transition – how policy regulation and markets can work together to get the funds to flow
Programme
Thursday September 19th 2013
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration and Coffee | |
| 10:00-10:05 |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
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| Prof. Charles Hendry MP |
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| 10:05-11:15 |
Session 1: Defining the Investment Challenge |
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| Session Chair: Prof. Charles Hendry MP | ||
| 10:05 | Uk Electricity Market Reform- Blueprint for Europe or Poisoned Chalice? Volker Beckers, Former Group CEO, RWE npower |
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| 10:25 | UK Energy Policy : A Little Less Intervention, a Little More Action Nick White, Managing Partner, Arthur D Little |
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| 10:45 | What the Energy Bill means in practise Peter Atherton, Equity Research, Liberium Capital Ltd |
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| 11:05 | Q&A | |
| 11:15-11:30 | Coffee | |
| 11:30-12:45 |
Session 2: Current Trends in Energy Investment |
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| Session Chair : Prof Jim Watson , Research Director, UKERC | ||
| 11:30 | Emerging Trends in Energy Technology Venturing Dr. Dominic Emery, VP Long-Term Planning, BP plc |
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| 11:50 | Why is nuclear power so difficult to finance? Prof. Gordon MacKerron, Director, SPRU, University of Sussex |
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| 12:10 | Clean Energy Investment Trends:History and Prospects Guy Turner, Director, Head of Economics and Commodities, Bloomberg New Energy Finance |
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| 12:30 | Q&A | |
| 12:45-13:45 | Lunch | |
| 13:45-15:00 |
Session 3: Attracting the Funds to Finance Investment in Energy |
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| Session Chair: Dr William Blyth, Oxford Energy Associates | ||
| 13:45 | What investors want Jeremy Tigue, Director, Head of Global Equities ,Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust |
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| 14:05 | Financing a changing UK power sector Neil Bush, Head of Energy Economics, DECC |
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| 14:25 | Investing in uncertainty:the changing face of the global energy mix Jason Channell, Director Global Alternative Energy and Cleantech Equity Research, Citi |
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| 14:45 | Q&A | |
| 15:00 | Tea | |
| 15:15-16:30 |
Parallel Sessions : Issues and Insights |
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Panel 1 : Oil and Gas |
Panel 2 : Clean Energy |
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| Session Chair: Ben Klooss BP plc | Session Chair: Dr Peter Connor, University of Exeter | |
| 15:15 | UK Gas: distractions and challenges Prof. Jonathan Stern, Chairman, Natural Gas Programme, OIES |
The Low Carbon transition and the challenge for distribution grids Ben Wilson, Director of Strategy and Regulation, UK Power Networks |
| 15:35 | Innovative partnerships for the energy transition Ruth Cairnie, Executive VP Strategy and Planning, Shell |
Kirsty Hamilton, Low Carbon Finance Group |
| 15:55 | Global Oil Majors: A broken business model? Hootan Yazhari, Managing Director, Head of EMEA Oil & Gas Equity Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Reform in the power sector and the implications for allocating capital Stephen Nash, Manager, Baringa Partners |
| 16:15 | Q&A | Q&A |
| 16:30-17:15 |
Concluding Session: Lessons to take away |
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| Panel chaired by Lord Howell , Ruth Cairnie, Kirsty Hamilton and 1 other |
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| 17:15 | Refreshments and Networking | |
| 18:00 | Close | |
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